More And More Hispanics Are Converting To Islam In America

What the hell this all about? Are people leaving the traditional church because of the collection plate or what?

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It seems that Americans haven’t been keeping up on current events lately. Hispanics are starting to flow toward the Islam religion and away from their Catholic roots. This conversion from Christianity or Catholicism is surprising to me because I never thought it happening. I have learned they are the fastest growing group in Americas Muslim population.

This could be a massive problem down the road for America, especially if Democrats continue to allow illegal aliens to be caught and then released into our communities without checks and balances.

There is no comparison between Catholicism and Islam. Jesus Christ is the Son of God who died for our sins on a cross and rose from the dead. He is considered an insignificant prophet named Isa in Islam. Allah has no sons, and he requires murder and obliteration for infidels who will not convert. Our God preaches love and forgiveness for all.

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Although the statistics haven’t been widely tracked, there are an estimated 150,000 Islam converts among the Latino community in the U.S., reported the Press-Enterprise, a California newspaper.

The trend of Hispanic converts to Islam has been tracked by the Islamic Society of North America, which in 2006 estimated there were roughly 40,000 Latino Muslims in the U.S., according to a report by National Public Radio. Some community leaders said the recent growth of the demographic has its roots in a shared experience of immigration and the negative political rhetoric that advocates have deemed as anti-Muslim.

Mark Gonzales, a Muslim poet and artist in California, told the Orange County Register that immigration officials’ targeting of Mexicans and Muslims after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks helped the two demographics find common ground. “Islam is the fastest-growing religion in the world, and Latinos are converting to Islam at a rate higher than any other [ethnicity],” said Gonzalez, who is of Mexican-American and French-American heritage and converted to Islam 12 years ago.

Most Latino Americans belong to the Roman Catholic Church, according to religion data tracked by the Pew Research Center. But the Catholic share of the Latino population has declined, while the number of Latinos who are Protestant or report no religious affiliation has risen.

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I think they are capitalizing on the frustration of immigrants, just as they capitalize on poor, frustrated, African Americans. Their message is one of deceit, one that provides a false sense of validation for their frustrations and the perceived injustices here in America and the world. It is easy to take people who are frustrated with the system and slowly add fuel to the fire until they have an army ready to fight for the cause of Allah.

The Qur’an justifies violence as a means of defending the kingdom of Islam. Once they have deceived people into believing that the Qur’an is the word of God, they can use their congregation as recruits. Islam is not a growing religion. It is a recruiting operation for jihad on the West.

Wayne Dupree is owner and founder of WayneDupree.com. He was named to the 2017 Newsmax’s 50 Most Influential African-American Republicans. He served in the USAF between 1987-1995. He saw time in Operation Desert Storm/Shield and is the father of three. He is the host of the Wayne Dupree Show.